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CORREDORES — Municipal council

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Costa Rica · CORREDORES / PUNTARENAS · municipal · Municipal councilCR-C-PUNTARENAS-CORREDORES

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TSE vote books joined to official elected-member declarations where geographic and total checks reconcile. Substitutes retained separately. Subsequent replacements and current officeholder status require review.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
CORREDORES / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-2acd735814eb9f4b95dfae25
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2028-02-06 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2024-02-04

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL37.7%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA28.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA17.3%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS7.3%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA4.8%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA4.0%
Results for event-858bb1647b93eadec9779f7c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244,08837.7%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20243,12728.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20241,87117.3%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247957.3%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20245224.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20244324%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL57.4%
  • NUEVA REPUBLICA14.2%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA7.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL7.5%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.8%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE4.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO1.6%
  • INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL1.6%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA0.9%
Results for event-f00ef55a9b0bbeafd2bafc9d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20207,09057.4%4Recorded
NUEVA REPUBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201,75514.2%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209587.8%1Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20209227.5%1Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205874.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20205374.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201961.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INTEGRACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201931.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/20201080.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL34.9%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA31.0%
  • RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSE14.4%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA9.7%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO7.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.8%
Results for event-408924423081cf36c3ebe0b2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,54334.9%2Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20163,14131%2Recorded
RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20161,45714.4%1Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20169879.7%1Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20167337.2%1Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/20162822.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

6.590–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=8.869404706968158, oldest_gap=3.963324460218871, previous_gap=43.21237647821157

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.19percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[37.72958006460544,17.268112598061837,0,0,0,28.860175357637285,0,0,0,0,3.987078910936779,0,12.15505306875865],[57.42750688482099,7.759598250445489,0.8747772557913495,1.5875587234731896,7.468005831848372,14.215130406609427,0,1.5632593552567633,0,0,0,0,9.104163291754414],[34.93049393670512,30.967169476486248,9.730848861283643,7.22665877945381,0,0,0,0,0,2.7802425317953268,0,0,14.364586414275855]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.74percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[37.72958006460544,17.268112598061837,0,0,0,28.860175357637285,0,0,0,0,3.987078910936779,0,12.15505306875865],[57.42750688482099,7.759598250445489,0.8747772557913495,1.5875587234731896,7.468005831848372,14.215130406609427,0,1.5632593552567633,0,0,0,0,9.104163291754414],[34.93049393670512,30.967169476486248,9.730848861283643,7.22665877945381,0,0,0,0,0,2.7802425317953268,0,0,14.364586414275855]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

38.47percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[37.72958006460544,17.268112598061837,0,0,0,28.860175357637285,0,0,0,0,3.987078910936779,0,12.15505306875865],[57.42750688482099,7.759598250445489,0.8747772557913495,1.5875587234731896,7.468005831848372,14.215130406609427,0,1.5632593552567633,0,0,0,0,9.104163291754414],[34.93049393670512,30.967169476486248,9.730848861283643,7.22665877945381,0,0,0,0,0,2.7802425317953268,0,0,14.364586414275855]]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
CRISTIAN GARCIA MIRANDAREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
KRISSIA FABIOLA OROZCO ORTIZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BERNAL ESPINOZA RUIZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE ESTEBAN HERRERA VALVERDEREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
LUISANA GONZALEZ SANCHEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
CATHERINE RODRIGUEZ MAROTOREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
HERMILEY ALVARADO LOPEZREGIDURÍAS PROPIETARIAS2024UNIDOS PODEMOSprincipal
JOSE ABEL GOMEZ GOMEZREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
SONIA MARTINEZ BUSTOSREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PEDRO JOAQUIN VASQUEZ LEONREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANTONIO JAVIER QUIROS ZAPATAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
STEFANY ANDREA QUINTERO MORANTESREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
CECILIA OTAROLA ZUÑIGAREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SARA MARIA ARROYO CORDEROREGIDURÍAS SUPLENTES2024UNIDOS PODEMOSsubstitute
DORITA MARCELA GRILLO CASTILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
NORMAN CHRISTIAN ASTORGA PATTERSONREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA ARIAS CASTRILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JOSE BERNABE CHAVARRIA HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JEHIMMY MENDOZA DIAZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
CATHERINE RODRIGUEZ MAROTOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JOSE LUIS SERRANO ACOSTAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTIAN GARCIA MIRANDAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
GISELLE VEGA ALVARADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
PEDRO JOAQUIN VASQUEZ LEONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MELISSA DE LOS ANGELES PEREZ PRADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
WARREN ELIZONDO VASQUEZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JOEL LUIS BERMUDEZ GUTIERREZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
OLGA PICADO VILLEGASREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MAIKOL CASTILLO GRANADOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA ARIAS CASTRILLOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ALFONSO PADILLA CAMPOSREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES CASTILLO SERRANOREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
JORGE LUIS JIMENEZ SANCHEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEprincipal
ALVARO RUIZ URBINAREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAprincipal
JOSE BERNABE CHAVARRIA HERNANDEZREGIDORES(AS) PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016FRENTE AMPLIOprincipal
GISELLE VEGA ALVARADOREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CRISTIAN GARCIA MIRANDAREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EVER ARBUROLA OLMOSREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
FLOR DE MARIA SANCHEZ OCONORREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
SARAY DAYANA RODRIGUEZ CASTROREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016RENOVACIÓN COSTARRICENSEsubstitute
ELIZABETH BEJARANO RUIZREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016ACCIÓN CIUDADANAsubstitute
MARIA MAGDALENA ESPINOZA CALDERONREGIDORES(AS) SUPLENTES2016FRENTE AMPLIOsubstitute

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • other · open

    Published province heading correction: {"issue": "Published province heading correction", "year": 2020, "area": "Heredia", "source_id": "S41377daad8", "resolution": "The amendment corrects CARTAGO to HEREDIA in the second table heading. It changes no votes, winners or seats; the original declaration is joined to Heredia."}

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “CORREDORES — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-C-PUNTARENAS-CORREDORES. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--S66a5b979c3, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S151bb3bdbd, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--Sc1484e30b5.